Assimilation


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When two sounds are pronunced one after the other in the spoken language, they will influence each other, sometimes to a degree that the heard outcome will be totally different to the written form. This phenomenon is called assimilation; partial or full. It can occur inside words or at word boundaries inside chunks. Usually the voiced sounds loose their sonority and the voiceless gain sonority.

· absoudre, absolument | the [b] under the influence of the neighbouring [s] is pronounced [p]  

· médecin, tout de suite | the [d] under the influence of [c] [s] [f] and [t] is pronounced [t]  

·chaque jour | the [q] and [c] under the influence of [j] and [n] is pronounced [g]  

·sang impur (in the Marseillaise) the [g] is sounded [k]  

·je t'aime the [j] under the influence of the [t] is pronounced [sh]